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Yeah I know, but if we lose under Bruce it will put everyone on a right downer. And we really have a horrible two months coming up so we cannot afford to take risks giving him even one more game IMO. No point hoying a hissy fit if he is still there though. It does seem like they are putting a lot of thought into the footballing decisions, which gives reassurance that they are not going to be hoying money at mercenaries and journeymen in the transfer market.

If we were mid-table and comfortable it would be fine to keep him on for a few more weeks. We aren't though. We could easily finish Sunday's game cut adrift from 17th place due to another moment of spectacular ineptitude from him, if he is allowed to continue. It's not worth the risk IMO and he should be binned before Sunday no matter what.

Dear me, what a bitter cunt he is. And "the most embarrassing corporate bid in football takeover history"...? What on earth is he babbling on about?

I've seen them have meltdowns about us before but this is just insane. This has truly sent them over the edge. They are desperate for the rest of the country to be as upset about it as them but its just not happening. The fans of practically every other club grumbled about it for 10 seconds and then have forgotten about it. We are media darlings once again. Even the pundits who have poured nothing but scorn on us over the years are now blowing smoke up our arses. There is excitement because this will just make the league more thrilling and even more financially lucrative. The PL effectively just became the unofficial Super League. And we are the wealthiest lot within it. Lovely Jubly.

The bunker mentality they are displaying is impressive in the weirdest of ways. Just hunching in and telling each other the things they all want to hear. Desperately searching the internet for anything that paints a negative light on the takeover and then reposting it to give themselves an online cuddle. It's like watching, in real time, thousands of people have a collective nervous breakdown.

It's definitely the CAT that has forced it through. The fact that it was watched by over 30,000 people in 50 countries and the judge basically laughed at them has made them absolutely shit bricks. I'd love to know what was disclosed when the hearing went offline for those brief moments.

I read a great quote on Man City's Bluemoon forum that went along the lines of... the PL and dodgy six thought they had pulled up the drawbridge after City sneaked in, but the Saudis have just ploughed a missile through the drawbridge.

I don't care what anyone says. Ashley's legal action is what forced this through so quick. The PL's CAT QC probably went straight back to them after the hearing last week and told them to do a deal, and pronto.

This is sensational. Not a ball kicked and they are all absolutely bricking it already. Truly fantastic stuff.

They've only been fine with us because for decades we haven't been a threat and they've pinched a lot of our star players. Now with the possibility of the tables being turned they are showing their true colours.

Correct. I did the Anfield tour a few years ago and the tour guides were actually bragging about the looting that went on during their 1970s European glory nights. Absolute fucking Scallies.

Agree. Man Utd on Red Cafe seem to be a bit of a split. A lot of them worried but not as much hostility towards us as I might have predicted. RAWK though is just in meltdown about it. The most overwhelmingly spoilt fans in football dishing out lectures on how football fans should think. You couldn't make it up.

Anyone been checking the forums of the other teams to see how this has gone down? I have..... and, apart from the peasants down the road, it's definitely Liverpool fans that are taking it the worst. The fuming is delicious. I particularly liked this one... "This lot have always felt deserving of being at the top table. Even in the 70s (mad pitch invasions) and throughout the first Kevin Keegan circus in the 80s with helicopters arriving in the middle of the park, they’ve always felt they were something that they weren’t. They were always “more passionate and better this and better that”. Bollocks of course. Of all the so-called “sleeping giants”, this one has always been a wankfest of a club. Wolves, Leeds, or even Sunderland have better credentials than this shower. They’ve rammed home the argument so much that they’re so passionate and loveable and this and that that the press have bought into it and every man and his dog think that they “deserve” it. Well they don’t. And I’ll make a total U-turn on the way I felt only a few months back about the Super League. Anything to keep these nouveau riche arseholes out. Hope the new signatories to the new Super league stipulate at least 2 European Cups won in 2 different decades. At least the red Mancs have got the credentials. That’s one place this lot, Chelsea and PSG can’t buy their way into."

After the gut wrenching lows of the last 18 months of this saga it feels totally surreal tonight. Almost anti-climatic, but still in a good way. This must be what it feels like if you have lived in poverty all of your life but have learned to adapt to it and survive...and then you win the lottery. Just a kind of numb "has this really happened?" moment. I guess this will only really sink in after a few days. The nightmare is over.

She's really impressive when she speaks. Got that great mix of being professional and driven but with warmth too. Can't help but be massively optimistic that she knows what she's doing and will take us where we want to be.

FUCKING MAGIC.

Too right. Whenever anyone considers feeling sorry for them in the coming years just remember how they went on over the last 18 months, the absolute shower of pricks.

And Exile1968 has posted only about three of them. As opposed to the 50 posts per day that he usually does in that thread, the absolute fucking coward. He might be close to the edge tonight.

Here is the future of our online forums & social media. Bring it the fuck on.

Can only agree. Well done @manorpark I won't begrudge if you gloat like fucking crazy.

You must be absolutely loving this.

The Daily Mail have even got this on a yellow ticker on their site now. This really feels like a tip-off...

Exile1968 is taking the takeover news well. ... ..... "I know one thing. The Bedsheets will be out if they don't spend a absolute fortune in the early days. f***ing Scum buying f***ing Scum" https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/nufc-august-october-2021-edition.1557357/post-34711777

If this goes through without any court cases I will forever treasure the memory of howling with laughter at the CAT judge mocking the PL lawyer last week.

But if the PL lose the arb then they are on record as saying the takeover will definitely be passed. Ashley then has no incentive to drop the CAT after that. If they settle before ARB though they can avoid the damages.